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Enrico Battaglin sprinted to victory on a tough uphill finish to claim the
14th stage of the Giro d’Italia on Saturday as the race hit the first of the
high mountains but Rigoberto Uran, the overall leader, endured a tough day
and saw his advantage cut.

Battaglin came from behind to overtake Jarlinson Pantano and edge out Dario
Cataldo on the line at the end of the climb to the sanctuary of Oropa, the
scene of Marco Pantani’s memorable victory in 1999.

It was the second of three stages dedicated to Pantani, the Italian cyclist
who won both the Giro